Quotes About Personality

Just to clear the air, let's note first of all that whatever an intelligence test measures it is not quite the same thing as we usually mean by intelligence. It neglects such important things as leadership and creative imagination. It takes no account of social judgement or musical or artistic or other aptitudes, to say nothing of such personality matters as diligence and emotional balance.

The majority of governmental workers wear his or her personality not on their sleeves but on ID badges.

The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

And character is not merely rare, it is hard to detect soon enough. Although nothing brings it out like matrimony.

Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring.

It's funny recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child.

Some of the prettiest girls need to put a paper bag over their personality.

Also, remember that this is about the employee's performance and not his or her personality. You want your employees to be happy at work, but you don't want them to be happy if their work is not up to your standards.

A brand vision should attempt to go beyond functional benefits to consider organizational values; a higher purpose; brand personality; and emotional, social, and self-expressive benefits.

Again, this exists in people to differing degrees, and it is possible to have someone who is neutral—right in the middle of the spectrum. But Jimmy Palmer isn't neutral. He is about as far down in the dark depths as you can go. He is a sociopath. A psychopath. A man who has no feeling for those of his fellow creatures. He sees his family as his own to do whatever he wants with.

Rather than modifying her personality by adjusting her base programming, she wanted to do so naturally, by simply considering the ramifications of her thoughts and actions. Looking down on Stanley, to her, was essentially a form of racism; the last thing she wanted was to consider herself a racist of any kind, but defeating it inside her own personality meant learning, not reprogramming.

I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.

We now enter the Twilight Zone of psychology. Hundreds of theories of personality exist, but no one has yet successfully identified, or even defined, what personality is (Hall and Lindzey, 1957). Thus, there exists a myriad of psychological tests that measure something, but no one seems to quite know what it is.

I don't know if there is a gene for comedy, but my dad was a very funny man. He just didn't know it. He was a naturally funny character, and when my brother and I would laugh at things he said and did, he would say, 'What do you think is so funny?'

our thoughts become our actions, our actions become our habits, our habits become our character, and our character becomes our destiny.

Men are not great or small because of their material possessions. They are great or small because of what they are.

Minho snickered and leaned back in his chair. "Man, you are one butt-load of sunshine, let me tell you.

Thomas thought Chuck's personality had gone from mildly irritating to intolerable.

I've met some brave people in my life, but I've also met some awfully stupid people, your one of the rare ones that are both

The clash of Watson's and Hollerith's personalities was a classical example of a brash, energetic, visionary newcomer confronting a staid traditionalist.

As the child gets older, the discrepancy between his chronological age and the level of his psychological functioning widens. He develops a "borderline personality disorder" which becomes progressively more entrenched over time as the individual encounters and struggles with the challenges of each life phase.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.

Why do statisticians never have friends? Because they're mean people.

Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this because of all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll on a dead fish.